Yoon Exercises Veto on Yellow Envelope Act and Broadcasting 3 Laws... Third Time Since Inauguration (Update)

Approval Continues at Morning Interim Cabinet Meeting, Yoon Approves Reconsideration Request
Presidential Office "Regretful as It Violates Constitution... Government Will Maintain Its Stance"

President Yoon Suk-yeol exercised his veto power on the 1st against the 'Yellow Envelope Act (Amendment to the Labor Union and Labor Relations Adjustment Act)' and the 'Broadcasting Three Acts (Amendments to the Broadcasting Act, the Korea Broadcasting Culture Promotion Agency Act, and the Korea Educational Broadcasting System Act)'. This is the third veto after the Grain Management Act and the Nursing Act.

The Presidential Office announced in the afternoon, "President Yoon has just approved the 'Request for Reconsideration of the Partial Amendment to the Labor Union and Labor Relations Adjustment Act,' the 'Request for Reconsideration of the Partial Amendment to the Broadcasting Act,' the 'Request for Reconsideration of the Partial Amendment to the Korea Educational Broadcasting System Act,' and the 'Request for Reconsideration of the Partial Amendment to the Korea Broadcasting Culture Promotion Agency Act.'"

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The Presidential Office has consistently maintained the principle that these bills "have considerable negative impacts on society and violate the Constitution," and that they are "bills passed without bipartisan agreement in the National Assembly." On the same day, Prime Minister Han Duck-soo also presided over an emergency Cabinet meeting and explained the background of recommending the President exercise the veto power, stating, "It is very regrettable and unfortunate that the bills were passed in the National Assembly without sufficient discussion. It is feared that this will cause significant inconvenience to the public and great difficulties to the national economy."

In particular, regarding the Yellow Envelope Act, he pointed out that "it forcibly expands the parties to negotiations and the targets of strikes, and by creating exceptions to the principle of civil damages, it not only severely undermines healthy labor-management relations but also causes conflict and confusion in industrial sites." Regarding the Broadcasting Three Acts, he expressed concern that "although the purpose of the amendments is to guarantee the independence and political neutrality of public broadcasting, the contents may actually lead to the opposite result."

President Yoon's veto on this day was made 22 days after the bills were passed in the plenary session of the National Assembly led by the Democratic Party of Korea on the 9th of last month. Bills transmitted from the National Assembly must be promulgated or vetoed within 15 days.

This content was produced with the assistance of AI translation services.